Supermodel Hélèna Christensen proves that she still has recognition and appeal as she becomes the latest model for American intimate apparel company Bali.
   In the new online, print and TV campaign, Christensen introduces the Bali Comfort-U back design.
   The new advertising campaign has been created by Kraftswork NYC. The first TV commercial aired March 15 on ABC’s All My Children.

On February 11, Kate Moss and Longchamp showcased their new collaboration at Galeries Lafayette Haussmann, Paris. On the same day, the company had done the same at Selfridges in London, with both stores featuring a modern, zebra-themed area in which customers can check out the bags close-up.
   Paris shoppers can find Longchamp located at the Mogador entrance of Galeries Lafayette. Large promotional graphics from the campaign adorn not only the exterior on Boulevard Haussmann, but down from the famous domed roof inside the store.
   The launch of the Longchamp suite at Galeries Lafayette on the Grands Boulevards follows the January 27 announcement of the co-branded Kate Moss for Longchamp collaboration at the Ritz.
   Moss herself had modelled for the brand before. This was her first designer collaboration with the company.
   The video below features behind-the-scenes footage from the commercial.

We know it was a quiet news weekend for the fashion scene, but that’s no need for headlines hinting that supermodel Kate Moss’s earning power has dipped to a “mere” £1 million per annum, as some media are reporting.
   Both the Daily Mail and NineMSN report that Moss’s Skate LLP business earned £1,091,304 last year, based on Companies’ House filings. Compared with the former business, Skate Enterprises, this represents a drop of some £4 million on 2008.
   The Mail even has a ‘financial expert’ commenting to make the story look more legit.
   What is conveniently ignored is that Skate LLP forms only a portion of Moss’s income. It’s more than likely that her 2009 earnings will be close to the $8·5 million that Forbes estimated last May.
   We don’t doubt that Moss’s earning power is not as strong as it was five years ago, but her star has far from faded.
   Even accounting for budgetary cuts, Moss—with endorsement deals with Longchamp, Coty and Topshop—is unlikely to slip below her 2008 Forbes figure of $7·5 million. Each one of these deals is a multi-million-dollar one.

Tickets have just gone on sale for Naomi Campbell’s Fashion for Relief fashion show, to take place during the fall 2010 collections at New York Fashion Week.
   Taking place on February 12 at 7 p.m., tickets cost between $100 and $150 and are available via Ticketmaster.com.
   The runway show will be hosted by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and will feature internationally recognized designers, celebrities and VIPs. All the donated garments will be auctioned online at Net-a-Porter starting February 15. The donation is tax deductible and 100 per cent of the event ticket sales will benefit CARE.

We’ve tried to get this footage for over a week, thanks to technical difficulties that have persisted for nearly a month, and the underwhelming silence from the folks supplying it (finally broken yesterday, thank you). But here it is—Kate Moss on her handbag design collaboration with Longchamp, and the party at the Ritz, Paris, on January 27. The idea: even though Kate has modelled for Longchamp for eight seasons, she’s finally been asked to work on a Kate Moss for Longchamp range. (Yes, we realize you’ve probably already had news of this elsewhere. We’re embarrassed, too, especially as Kate doesn’t sound her best here.)

Above Lady Gaga in a 2009 visual for her tour, The Monster Ball.

WGSN’s latest poll indicates that Lady Gaga, 23, is the biggest celebrity influence on fashion at the moment, somewhat validating Polaroid’s announcement of using the singer for its relaunch.
   She leads with a 55 per cent share of the poll, says WGSN.
   Supermodel Kate Moss comes second, with a distant 18 per cent.
   American First Lady Michelle Obama is third with 12 per cent, Vogue’s Anna Wintour is fourth with 9, followed by Audrey Tautou with 6.
   WGSN pop culture editor Alice Leeburn says in a release, ‘It’s no surprise that Lady Gaga came top, nor is the margin by which she led much of a shock. She is the single most influential celebrity for designers from the high-end to the high-street at the moment.
   ‘Her favourite designers are Alexander McQueen, Prada, Marc Jacobs, Dolce & Gabbana and Jean Paul Gaultier, and they have felt her influence just as much as they have influenced her style. She has also had an impact on graphics with high-profile ’80s-style punk graphics in monochrome black and white with flashes of fluoro, as well as driving the trend for mirror mosaics at present.’

Barbara Nitke

One of the fashionistas’ favourite TV shows, Project Runway, returns on January 14, 2010, 10 p.m. EST/PST on Lifetime Television. The show returns to New York with Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and 16 new designers as they vie for a place at New York Fashion Week.

The British Fashion Council is delighted to announce Christopher Bailey as the winner of the prestigious Designer of the Year Award. Ten other leading fashion figures were honoured at the 2009 British Fashion Awards, supported by Swarovski, held yesterday evening at the Royal Courts of Justice, London.
   Hosted by presenter Lauren Laverne, the ceremony saw designers, models, fashion editors and stylists, and industry VIPs joined by a glamorous line-up of guests and presenters, including Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham, Claudia Schiffer, Eva Herzigova and Dame Vivienne Westwood.
   The Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator went to Creative Director of Vogue and star of The September Issue, Grace Coddington. Having been brought up in the UK, Grace began her career as a Junior Fashion Editor before rising to Fashion Director at British Vogue, where she created epic and unforgettable stories with a profound impact on readers and designers alike, throughout the ’70s and ’80s. In 1988, she moved to New York to join Anna Wintour as Creative Director at Vogue where her passion for image-making continues to flourish and astonish in every issue.
   Decided entirely by public vote, the London 25 award was created in celebration of 25 Years of British Fashion, to recognize an individual who embodies the spirit of London and is an international ambassador for the capital’s fashion industry and was awarded to Kate Moss.
   It was a double celebration for Burberry, as the brand took home the Designer Brand award and Christopher Bailey was honoured with the BFC Designer of the Year award. During his acceptance speech Chief Creative Officer Christopher Bailey announced that Burberry Prorsum would continue to show at London Fashion Week in February.
   Kim Jones was named Menswear Designer having presented two internationally acclaimed collections creating a renewed enthusiasm and interest in the brand, since being appointed Creative Director for Dunhill.
   The Swarovski Emerging Talent Awards for Ready-to-Wear and Accessories, conceived last year by the British Fashion Council and Swarovski to recognize and financially reward designers as they establish their emerging fashion businesses were awarded to Peter Pilotto who won the Ready to Wear award and Holly Fulton who collected the award for Accessories.
   Following on from her being appointed the face of Hudson Jeans and the star of the spring 2010 Versace campaign, Georgia May Jagger collected the Model award.
   Accessory designer Katie Hillier won the Accessory Designer award, in addition to working with Marc by Marc Jacobs, Luella, House of Holland and Samantha Thavasa, Katie launched the first piece of her own line earlier this year, the Hillier bunny, which has just sold to Dover Street Market and Colette. The full range will be available from February 2010.
   Christopher Kane was awarded BFC British Collection of the Year as a British-based designer whose last two collections have stirred huge press excitement and impressive sales around the world; who set girls clamouring for his summer 2009 instant collectibles for Topshop, and in the same year was signed by Donatella Versace to put his sexy, youthful stamp on the Versus label in Milano.
   John Galliano received the award for Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design in recognition for his extraordinary career from his graduate collection through to his most recent work at Givenchy and Christian Dior. Revered globally for his exciting, innovative and romantic designs on the runway as well as on the red carpet, Galliano has established himself as arguably the most influential fashion designer of his generation.
   With three rotating Swarovski Crystal Palace Tulsa chandeliers, designed by Michael Anastassiades, displayed on stage through Musion technology, Swarovski not only dazzled in couture last night, it successfully transformed the main hall of the Royal Courts of Justice into a glitter box of sparkles and glamour.